The good, bad and beautiful of Supportive Leadership

One of the leadership styles every local government leader would like to emulate is that of a supportive leader.

While this leadership style may come naturally to some, it has both advantages and disadvantages. 

In this video, we consider some important characteristics of the supportive leader:

• They focus on supporting their team to help them succeed
• They enjoy resourcing their team members and helping them grow
• They can burn-out easily
• They may inadvertently create a dependency relationship with their team given that employees may constantly "need" the manager's support